THE ROLL OF HONOR
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��2nd Lt. AUGUST W. KATH
��SECOND LIEUTENANT AUGUST WILLIAM KATH
Company H, 1 02nd Infantry, Twenty-sixth Division. Killed in action during Argonne- Meuse offensive, October 26, 1918.
Lieutenant Kath was born in Milwaukee, ■1 f- Wis., on February 6, 1887. He received his education in the Milwaukee public schools, graduating from East Division High School, then taking a three-year course at Marquette Lav^r School. He then entered the employ of the National Bank of Commerce as a bond salesman. At the time of his entrance to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheri- dan he w^as the president of the Milwau- kee Chapter American Institute of Bank- ing. He also wras for five years v^ith the Wisconsin National Guard. At the com- pletion of the training camp course he w^as commissioned and assigned to the 33 7th Infantry of the Eighty-fifth Divi- sion, with which regiment he sailed for France on August 5, 1918. Upon arrival overseas. Lieutenant Kath was transferred to the 102nd Infantry, and remained with that outfit until he met death by machine gun fire in the advance near Ormond Wood. Lieutenant Kath was unmarried. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. C. C. Steven, 1258 First Street, Milwaukee, Wis. His parents died while he was an infant.
��FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES EMMETT KEANE
Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry, Fifth Division. Died of pneumonia at Chicago,
111., on February 5, 1920.
��Lieutenant Keane was born in Chicago, III., on August 31, 1 889. He was edu- cated in St. Ignatius College of that city, graduating in 1903. He then entered the employ of the Art Bedstead Company of Chicago as an accountant, remaining with that company until his admittance to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, w^here he wras a member of the 20th Company. Upon receiving a com- mission as second lieutenant he was ordered to France, sailing on January 1 0, 1918. Arriving overseas. Lieutenant
Keane received further instruction in the Infantry Specialists School at Langres, and was, on May 18, 1918, assigned to Headquarters Company of the I I th In- fantry. On October 23rd, he was pro- moted to a first lieutenancy. He served throughout the war with the 1 1th In- fantry, and was cited for bravery in the Bois des Rappes engagement. Lieutenant Keane returned to the States with the Fifth Division and was given his dis- charge and a commission in the Officers Reserve. In January, 1920, he was taken ill with pneumonia, dying after a two weeks
��1st Lt. JAMES E. KEANE
��sickness, on February 5th. He was unmar-
��d. His father, Mr. Michael Keane, of 2044 West 13th Street, Chicago, 111., survives.
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